Mercy aid pours into Florida for Bay of Pigs prisoners
UPI reports a $53 million aid operation delivering medicines foods and drugs to Florida to ransom 1113 Bay of Pigs prisoners held by Fidel Castro. Red Cross coordinated with Pan American World Airways and Cuban Families Committee and labor costs push total well above $70 million.
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Ica
Florida
Fidel Castro
Red Cross
Pan- American World Airways
Cuba
The
Four File Officially For Race In Lovington
Four men have filed with the Lovington city clerk for Lovington City Commission seats in the January 14 election. Filing shows Position 2 held by L. Nahn and Carl Henderson, Position 4 by Malcolm Wright, and Position 5 by Malcolm Wright. The current terms expiring are Allen Grisham, John Connell, and Joe Witherspoon. none has signaled re election. R. L. Pinky Jones holds Position 1 and Slim Hester holds Position 3 with terms expiring in 1965.
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Lovington
A. L. Nahn
Carl Henderson
Malcolm Wright
Lovington Weather Outlook Mostly Fair Thursday
Forecast calls for mostly fair conditions in Lovington on Thursday and Thursday night with little temperature change. The high is 72 degrees and the overnight low drops to 4 degrees.
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Lovington
Operation Christmas Toys Drives Lovington Help For Needy Kids
Lovington Lions Club sponsors Operation Christmas Toys a year round effort led by Austin P. Cullen to aid area children. About 1 000 toys collected this year with 600 repairable. 200 more needed. Family volunteers including Mrs Cullen and Boy Scout Troop 89 gather toys and clothes for distribution with holiday food baskets to 15 families, each with four children.
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Austin Cullen
N. Fourth St
Lovington
Lovington Lions Club
Lions Club
Austin P. Cullen
Mas
Cullen
Jack of All Trades
Cullens
Boy Scout Troop 89
Three Lovington youths arrested in string of burglaries
Three Lovington men Cecil Clark Jr 18 Joe Wayne York 19 and Frank W Kennemer 16 were charged in a January 2 district court appearance with breaking and entering and grand larceny. Bonds were set 2000 1000 with Kennemer released to face district court actions. Police and officials recovered most stolen items including whisky beer and tools from multiple local targets.
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Lovington
Cecil Clark Jr
W. Harrison
Joe Wayne York
East Star Route
Frank W. Kennemer
W. Aspen Sr
Clark
York
Justice of Peace
Reese Greaves
Kennemer
John R. Brand
Sheriff's Department
Hagan Packing Company
Lovington Country Club
Auto Wrecking Company
Wade Shipley
Clarence Harris
Lea County
Temperatures Yesterday Show Varied Daytime Highs
The report records yesterday’s weather with a low around the 60s and a high near 68 degrees Fahrenheit. The low occurred around 4 AM and the high around 2 PM, indicating a mild day with limited extremes.
No U S Troops To Congo Ruling Quashes Military Intervention
A high U S official said no American troops will be dispatched to the Congo. He noted a U S military team will assess equipment aid beyond past United Nations support, mainly transport. The United States has stepped up involvement as Katanga secession reports worsen and Thant seeks a settlement.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Congo
United States
United Nations
Thant
Katanga
Campbell Keeps 3 Leaders In Incoming New Mexico Administration
Gov elect Jack Campbell will retain three veteran heads in his Jan 1 administration. Jack Lacy of the Development Department Steve Reynolds state engineer and Maj Gen John P Jolly Adjutant General will stay on from the prior administration.
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Lacy
Development Department
Amarillo, Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Edwin L. Mechem
Merle Tucker
Kiwanis
Christmas Concert Features Lovington Band and Vocal Department
Lovington High School presents a Christmas concert tonight at 7 30 in Parnell Auditorium with the band and vocal department. Directors J D Fry and Bill Chandler lead a program about an hour and 15 minutes long featuring solos ensembles and full choir pieces culminating in audience carols.
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Lovington High School
Parnell Auditorium
J. D. Fry
Bill Chandler
Bethlehem
Winter Wonderland
Diane Ramsey
Sharon Boteler
Larry Gibson
Dennis Nester
Heaven
Bolack Hosts GOP Leaders Get-Together in Santa Fe
Gov. Tom Bolack hosts a series of GOP meetings with county leaders in Santa Fe. Northern county chairmen and spouses meet his office tonight and at a dinner, followed by southern county leaders on Thursday, and remaining attendees Friday. State Chairman Joe Skeen and National Committeeman Albert Mitchell attend, with Mrs. Floved Lee also listed.
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Santa FE
UPI
Tom Bolack
Bolack
Joe Skeen
Albert Mitchell
Floved Lee
National Committee
New Mexico
Donovan Has Castro Reply Hidden in Havana Flight
James B. Donovan arrived in Miami from Havana under secrecy aboard a Pan American jet. He carried Fidel Castro's response to a ransom offer for prisoners in exchange for food drugs and medical supplies worth millions of dollars. Donovan planned to return to Cuba with a current shipment list once the deal is finalized.
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Miami
UPI
James B. Donovan
Havana
Fidel Castro
New York
Pan American
Donovan
Federal Aviation Agency
Donova
Castro
Cuba
United States recognizes Yemeni revolutionary government
The United States said it will recognize the Yemen Arab Republic government after the coup last September. Washington ordered its charge d affaires Robert Stookey to deliver the recognition note to President Abdullah Al Salal and the new Yemeni leadership.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Yemen
State Department
Robert Stookey
Yemen Arab Republic
Abdullah al Salal
Sanchez Named Dep. Treasurer in New Mexico
J. Chris Sanchez, a former deputy treasurer and long-time public official, is appointed deputy state treasurer by Joseph B. Grant who will become state treasurer. Sanchez, 49, previously served as deputy treasurer 1955-59 and has held roles including assistant secretary of state and state bureau of revenue auditor.
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Santa FE
UPI
Joseph B. Grant
J. Chris Sanchez
Takes Ofice
Jan. J. Sanchez
Joe Callo
Duran
Sanchez
State Bureau of Revenue Auditor
Kennedy Macmillan meet over Skybolt crisis
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan focusing talks on the Skybolt missile controversy. Kennedy favors dropping Skybolt while Britain argues it deprives its jet fleet of a key deterrent. The session ran two hours with no Congo topics discussed yet.
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Nasau
Bahamas
UPI
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Congo
United States
United Nations
Agency Needs New Astronauts
Houston reports the space agency will seek new astronauts from nontraditional sources. Richard Day proposes three options including college scholarships for graduates, summer training at the Manned Spacecraft Center, and a space academy modeled after West Point to train future space men.
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Day
Manned Spacecraft Center
West Point
Bolack Seeks Foundation Aid For Portales Mammoth Find
Gov. Tom Bolack requests a Rockefeller Foundation grant to support the Portales mammoth excavation in New Mexico. The find, dated at about 12 000 years old, includes five mammoth remains and hundreds of artifacts. The state funded $1 000, with more money sought for digging and building a site museum. University of Texas archaeologists Dr Ernest Landelius and Dr Jeremiah Epstein assess butchered remains and artifacts for links to the old world. Rockefeller staff will review the request and may forward to another foundation if needed.
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Santa FE
UPS
Tom Bolack
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
New Mexico
Rockefeller Foundation
Portales
Bolack
Rockefeller
State Board of Finance
Museum of New Mexico
University of Texas
Ernest Landelius
Jeremiah Epstein
Diggins
Landelius
Epstein
Rockefeller Organization
Rockef
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Mechem
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